Weathering Weathering is the breaking down of Earth’s rocks‚ soil and minerals through direct contact with the planet’s atmosphere. Weathering occurs in situ or “with no movement” and thus should not be confused with erosion‚ which involves the movement of rock and minerals by agents such as water‚ ice‚ wind and gravity. In addition‚ weathering is the effect of atmospheric exposure to man-made structures and materials. Two important classification of weathering processes exist – physical and
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Applied Strategic Management Report Name : Lalithaa Letchumanan IC Number : S8852820D Course : International Business and Management Batch : BMGE10906A Lecturer : Dr Eric Kuan Executive Summary The following report examines the organizational environment for the Australian Airline industry with particular emphasis on the task and general environment followed by analysis and findings of Jetstar Airways business-level strategy focusing on the airline’s competitive advantage. Upon concluding
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SSM 2013-‐14 3 The Correlation between HER-2 Status and Brain Metastases in Trastuzumab-treated Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Literature Review: Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Project Convenor: Dr J A Smith Word Count: 3223 words C a n d i d a t e N u m b e r : 2 0 7 7 Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Abstract It is widely known that patients with HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer are at particularly
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the period starting 1st January 2008 to 31st December 2008 which was founded by Miss Lyn Lee in 1998. The plan began with the introduction of the company’s background and mission statement‚ followed by the situational analysis (SA) of the microenvironment and macroenvironment. The factors identified from SA are extracted to SWOT analysis classified into four different categories‚ namely strength‚ weakness‚ opportunities and threats. Three marketing objectives were established. Marketing researches
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1979 of Harvard Business School. It uses concepts developed in Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive 5 forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter referred to these forces as the microenvironment‚ to contrast it with the more general term macro environment. They consist of those forces close to a company that affect its ability to serve its customers and make a profit. A change in any of the forces normally requires a company to re-assess
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PEST‚ SWOT and Porter’s five forces analysis are three very useful tools for both identifying the threats and opportunities in general and competitive environment and setting up company’s marketing strategy. What are PEST‚ SWOT and Porter’s five forces and their usefulness. PEST is an acronym for political‚ economic‚ social and technologic. 1. The political area has huge impact on the operation of the firms(e.g. tax‚ business law‚ political stability) 2. The economic condition can also directly
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consumers have brought new life‚ the industry once again mature with fragmented characteristics. The ideal tool for the assessment of the airlines industry is Michael Porter’s five force model. It aims to find and demonstrate the forces in the microenvironment which influence the industry‚ internal and external as well. Threat of new entrants (barriers to entry) • High capital investment ˇ • Capital intensive ˇ • Airport slot availability ˇ • Predatory pricing ˇ • Brand loyalty/frequent flyer
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7.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. The Changing Nature of Globalization in Our Hyperconnected‚ Knowledge- Intensive Economy‚ Irving Wladawsky-berger‚ 18 June 2014‚ http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2014/06/globalization-in-our-hyperconnected-knowledge-intensive-economy.html 2. Definition of globlaisation‚ Financial Times Lexicon‚ 2014 http://lexicon.ft.com/term?term=globalisation (Accessed on 17 June 2014) 3. How globalization affects developed countries‚ Investopedia‚ Nicholas Pologeorgis‚ 22 April 2012 http://www
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tell the truth‚ and know when to get back to business. CHAPTER 2: * Macroenvironment outside‚ external business world: economic‚ natural‚ regulations‚ government laws‚ politics‚ international affairs‚ technology‚ socio-cultural. * Microenvironment inside‚ internal business world: suppliers‚ customers‚ competition‚ new entrants‚ substitute products (other things that can become competition to you). * Inside a company employees‚ management‚ corporate culture * Porter’s 5 Forces
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Industrial Training BIT3024 Final Report NAZIRAH BTE GHAZALI 1061111687 ITSERVISES SDN BHD 1ST. FLOOR‚ WISMA TENGGARA‚ BLOCK A‚ JLN. MEDAN SETIA 1‚ PLAZA DAMANSARA‚ BUKIT DAMANSARA‚ 50490 KUALA LUMPUR. TEL : +603-2094 8099 COMPANY SUPERVISOR : MARZELITA REJAB TEL. NO: 019-3242273 From 17TH MAY 2010 to 17TH SEPTEMBER 2010 FACULTY’S SUPERVISOR : MS. CYRSTAL OOI Faculty of Business and Law Multimedia University 2008/2009 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the work have been done by myself
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